[JAZZ] An all star group pay homage to legendary jazz drummer Art Blakey and his group the Jazz Messengers this weekend at the PAUSA Art House on Saturday, January 30. Jon Lehning, Dave Schiavone, Harry Fackelman, George Caldwell, Harry Graser, Jack Kulp, and Alec Dube make up this collective paying tribute to one of the greatest jazz percussionists of the 20th century.
[JAZZ] Consistently one of the hottest tickets in town, alto and flute master Bobby Militello returns to the PAUSA Art House with his quartet. Joined by Bobby Jones, Jim Coleman, and John Bacon, Jr., Bobby Militello is known from his work with the Dave Brubeck Quarter and Maynard Ferguson.
[FILM] What a lovely week to see a dystopian action flick about cars and mayhem, that’s the plan for North Park Theatre as they celebrate the recent nomination of George Miller’s sleeper-hit Mad Max: Fury Road by hosting theatre screenings of that and Miller’s 1979 original Mad Max. You can still catch two more screenings of Fury Road, an Academy Award “Best Picture” nominee this year, on Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30pm and 10pm.
[FESTIVAL] Returning to downtown Buffalo for the sixth consecutive year is the annual Buffalo Soup-Fest, where a list of local restaurants come together and celebrate how wonderful soup really is. The event will take place Sunday, January 31 from 11am to 6pm at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Admission is $5, and free for children five years and younger. Part of the proceeds will be donated to different local charities around the Buffalo area.
[JAZZ] The PAUSA Art House hosts an exclusive tribute to one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time as Star People — Miles Davis Project on Friday, January 29.
Last July, I set out a rough-sketch proposal that the moribund and outdated Eastern Hills Mall transform itself into western New York’s first lifestyle center. It got picked up by WGRZ earlier this month when it was announced that Macy’s would be vacating its space at the mall.